SEMI approves EtherCAT Industrial Ethernet

SEMI批準EtherCAT工業以太網標準

AUSTIN, TX, December 18, 2007 – Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has approved EtherCAT for SEMI applications and has accepted EtherCAT as a SEMI standard. The leading standards organization in the semiconductor industry has responded to the growing industry interest in the fastest Industrial Ethernet solution currently on the market.

奧斯汀12月18日消息——國際半導體設備與材料協會(SEMI)已批準了EtherCAT的SEMI應用
，並接受EtherCAT成為一個SEMI標準。 這個領先的半導體工業標準組織已回應了業界越來越大的對目前市場上最快的工業以太網解決方案的關注。

EtherCAT is already used in a wide variety of semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing applications. The world’s largest supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, Applied Materials, was among the first EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) members back in 2003. EtherCAT was officially introduced to the industry at a SEMI congress held in 2004. A year later, Samsung Electronics developed the first EtherCAT device for ultra high resolution hybrid stage control. Many other manufacturers from this field have joined the ETG. About 100 of the now 635 ETG member companies are active in semiconductor.

EtherCAT已經廣泛用於半導體和平板顯示製造應用。全球最大的半導體製造設備供應商Applied Materials公司早在2003年就成為了EtherCAT技術協會(ETG)的首批成員之一。EtherCAT是在2004年舉辦的一場SEMI會議上被正式引入業界的。一年之後，三星電子開發出了第一個用於超高分辨率混合階段控製的EtherCAT設備。來自這個領域的許多其他製造商已經加入EtherCAT技術協會。現在635個EtherCAT技術協會成員公司中大約有100家活躍於半導體工業。

The North American SEMI Information & Control Committee accepted the EtherCAT standard, which was published as SEMI E54.20 in October. This milestone has further accelerated the acceptance of EtherCAT within the semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing industries.

北美SEMI信息與控製委員會接受了EtherCAT標準，在10月份作為SEMI E54.20出版。這個裏程碑式的舉措進一步促進了EtherCAT標準在半導體和平麵顯示製造業的采用。

“The superior performance, bandwidth and topology flexibility of EtherCAT allows it to cover the entire range of communication requirements in semiconductor manufacturing equipment with a single technology: from process control via control computer integration to high-end Motion Control applications,” remarks Martin Rostan, Executive Director of the EtherCAT Technology Group. “Special devices, which may not yet be available with an EtherCAT interface, can still be integrated seamlessly and cost efficiently thanks to fully integrated fieldbus gateways. The semiconductor industry appreciates this flexible EtherCAT feature, since it supports simple migration. We are proud that EtherCAT has had such an impact on this key industry,” Rostan concluded.

EtherCAT技術協會執行總裁Martin Rostan表示：“EtherCAT優越的性能
、帶寬和拓撲靈活性使得它可以涵蓋單一技術的半導體製造設備整個範圍內的通信要求：從通過控製計算機集成的過程控製到高端的運動控製應用。那些可能並不適用於EtherCAT接口的特種設備仍可以借助全集成現場總線網關，無縫而且高性價比地集成。半導體工業讚賞EtherCAT的這個靈活特點
，因為它支持簡單的替換。我們很自豪EtherCAT在這個重點產業具有如此的影響。”

The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is an organization in which key user companies from various industries and leading automation suppliers join forces to support, promote and advance EtherCAT technology. With over 500 members, the EtherCAT Technology Group has become the largest organization in the world that is exclusively focused on Industrial Ethernet technologies. Founded in November 2003, it is also currently the fastest growing fieldbus organization. EtherCAT sets new standards for real-time performance and topology flexibility while meeting or undercutting fieldbus cost levels. EtherCAT features include high precision device synchronization, a cable redundancy option and a functional safety protocol (SIL3).

EtherCAT技術協會(ETG) 由來各個行業的主要用戶公司和領先的自動化供應商組成的機構
，他們共同支持
、促進和推動EtherCAT技術。EtherCAT技術協會擁有大約500名成員，是全球最大的一個專門關注工業以太網技術的機構。它成立於2003年11月，也是目前發展最快的現場總線機構。EtherCAT為實時績效和拓撲靈活性設定了新的標準，同時滿足和降低了現場總線的成本水平。EtherCAT的特點包括高精確性的設備同步，電纜冗餘選項和功能安全協議（SIL3）。

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